Chance device.



P. W; PETERSEN.

CHANCE DEVICE.

APPLICATJON FILED MAY 7. 1917.

1,279,583., PatentedSept. 24,1918.

A n'omvi'y PAUL W. PETERSEN, OF COPENHAGEN, DENMARK.

CHANGE DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

Application filed May7, 1917. Serial No. 166,831.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL W. PETERSEN, a subject of the King of Denmark, residing at Copenhagen, Denmark, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Chance Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to chance devices and more particularly to devices or implements which are poly-sided and have different numerals or indicia marked on the various faces thereof. Devices of this character are utilized by rolling them upon a smooth flat surface where they will come to rest with one face upward and the numeral or indicia upon this face is employed in playing a game. The device can be used with games in which the different players move their respective pieces over a game-board in accordance with the results of each throw of the device, or the device may constitute in itself the entire apparatus necessary, as for example, the different players may each roll the device in turn and the highest total score for an equal number of throws by each player will constitute the winner.

The objects of the invention are to provide a device or implement of this character which is of a simple construction and is of a convenient size to be carried in the pocket of a person, as well as being of a novel and attractive form. The invention will be clear from the detailed description hereinafter to follow when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 shows in perspective an implement embodying the features of the invention; and

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same showing the manner in which it rests upon a smooth surface.

The device consists of an elongated bar 1 and an enlarged head 2 at one end thereof. This elongated bar is shown as rectangular in cross section and care should be exercised in making the bar so that the different sides of the rectangle will each be of exactly the same length. However, it is not essential to have the bar rectangular in cross section, but any bar of a polygonal cross section with each side of the polygon of the same length may be used. The head 2 is shown of substantially spheroidal shape, but any head which is circular in cross section and of a diameter as great, if not greater, than the length of the diagonal of the polygonal cross section of the bar, may be used. The bar may be of any suitable material, but preferably is of a relatively heavy material, such as metal, and the head may be formed from enamel or from metal, if desired.

In the present form of construction, the rectangular bar and head are shaped similar to the usual form of wooden match, and the head is shaped to simulate the head of such a match, the difference in construction being that the faces of the bar I are of exactly the same width and the head is a true circle in cross section. Any suitable indicia may be marked upon the faces of the polygonal bar, as, for example, in the form shown I, II, III, are marked upon three faces of the bar, while the other face of the bar is left blank.

To use the device, it is rolled upon a smooth surface and due to the fact that the head is of greater size than the bar, the bar will roll with ease over the smooth surface and finally come to rest with one side facing upward. Due to the fact that the width of each face of the bar is exactly the same and the head a true circle in cross section, the possibility of each side appearing face up ward when the bar comes to rest is absolutely the same.

Any game may be played by each of the players rolling the device in turn and the numerals which appear upon the side which is face upward is counted as a part of the score of that player, which score may be utilized in moving'game pieces over a board or the total scores of a plurality of rolls by each player may be added together, any predetermined number of rolls constituting a game.

I claim:

A chance device comprising a bar having its cross section the shape of a polygon and having each of its faces of exactly the same width and a head at one end of said bar, said head being of a greater diameter than the bar and being a true circle in cross section.

In witness whereof, I subscribe my signature.

PAUL W. PETERSEN.

Copies of this patent may he obtained for flve cents each, by addresslng'the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

